The Evolution of Narratives on the Oslo Process among Palestinian-Arab Political Elites in Israel

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Arik Rudnitzky Project Manager, Tel Aviv University, Israel arikrod@hotmail.com

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Abstract

The signing of the Oslo Accords in the 1990s between Israel and the PLO has had significant implications for the Palestinian-Arab community in Israel. From a three-decade perspective it becomes clear that the debate on Oslo continues to resonate among the various political and ideological circles in Israel's Arab community. While the members of the Arab-Jewish current consider the Oslo period the Golden Era of Arab parties in Israeli politics, the Palestinian nationalists in the Arab community sharply criticize not only the outcome of the Oslo Accords but also the Palestinian leadership that endorsed them as well. The Islamists greeted the Oslo Accords with mixed reactions but over time began to criticize their outcome as well. This article sheds light on the evolving narratives of Oslo among the various ideological currents in Israel's Arab society from the early 1990s to the present.

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ARIK RUDNITZKY is the project manager of the Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University. He is also a researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute, Jerusalem. His fields of expertise cover political and social developments in Arab society in Israel. E-mail: arikrod@hotmail.com

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